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1458

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 - 1458 - 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463

Events

January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus[?] becomes king of Hungary
Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
Pope Pius II becomes pope
Turks sack the Acropolis

Births

Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet

Deaths

Marques de Santillana[?], Spanish poet
June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon

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